📚 noun • entry_id 54461
louis d'or
/ˌluːɪ ˈdɔː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
luis de oro
Any of the gold coins first introduced in France under Louis XIII in 1640, based upon the Spanish doubloon.
It was a long, difficult business, for the coins were of all countries and sizes — doubloons, and louis-d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight, and I know not what besides, all sh…
They stopped at the most memorable places, and at last arrived at Rome, where a princess vacated her palace for their accommodation and so many louis-d'or a-month.
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